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CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 4 - Lightning 2
The Red Wings came off a well-deserved break to welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning and their GM Steve Yzerman to Detroit for the first time since The Captain left the nest to take over his own team. The Yzerbolts have struggled with consistency this season, but are a well-run, well-coached, and...
UFA Target - Vern Fiddler
Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.--Forrest Gump Given the rich tradition of defensive and all-zones centers in the Oilers' franchise history, it's odd to write a sentence that includes the words, "The Oilers desperately need a defensive center..." Management has done such a good job of...
Rangers Analysis: The Defensemen Rumors
Editors Note: Kaberle came off the market today, to the Bruins for Joe Colborne, Boston's 1st rounder, and a conditional pick. Use this thread to discuss that trade as well. Rumors are abound stating GM Glen Sather is looking to upgrade the back end of the defense. There have been many names...
Kotter #3 - Nobody told me there would be any math.
Over the holidays, one of the games we played was Scrabble. Our eldest got it from her grandparents. Now, I have never particularly liked Scrabble, and this is why: the very first game we played, I took my seven pieces from the pile and wound up (in order) with the following - T O S K A A C. ...
Kennedy continues to quietly tilt the ice
Late last year I wrote a an article about Tyler Kennedy and his amazing underlying stats. At the time Penguins were in full turnaround mode and the accolades were going to Sergei Gonchar on his return from injury. But Kennedy was effective even when Gonchar was down. In fact, he was at times the...
What to do with the Oilers' forwards - Top Six Potential
There's a scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian where the Centurion is looking for Brian after the crowd gives him a reprieve. The Centurion finds the jailer and his assistant and inquires as to the prisoner's location: CENTURION: Where have they gone?!JAILER: We've-- we've got piles of it 'round...
What to do with the Oilers' forwards - The Fourth Liners
I looked at the Oilers' legitmate NHL players here and found that they've got a trio of tough minutes outscorers on the cheap. I'm going to look at the fourth liners next, and this may seem a bit out of order, but stay with me. A couple of years back Edmonton was able to ice the best fourth line...
Shot Distance vs. Shooting Percentage
The chart above is the 5-on-5 shooting percentage vs. shot distance data for every NHL forward who appeared in more than 20 games last season and averaged more than ten minutes per game (courtesy of BehindtheNet). Unsurprisingly, the trend line shows that players who wait until they're closer to...
Oilers trade Brodziak to divisional rival
I'm an astronomer, not an astrologer, so my inclination is to look into the past rather than to foretell the future. While I'm keenly interested in the Entry Draft and where the new names slot into the 50-contract limit and 90-player reserve list, I'm not really a prospectophile so will...
2009 NHL Draft: Revisiting 1998 and 1999 and 2000 (Updated)
I've been talking a lot about using percentage of team offense as a measuring stick for draft-eligible players, but I haven't shown any proof that it works. Tonight, I decided I'd revisit the 1998 Draft; I was going to go 10 years back to 1999, but the fact of the matter is that 1999 was a garbage...
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